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CARBON FOOTPRINT

Internal initiatives are often not enough for companies and organizations to achieve their GHG reduction goals.

SUPPORT GREEN PROJECTS

At some point, reducing emissions becomes cost prohibitive or impractical.

REDUCE, THEN OFFSET

An individual wanting to take a flight will be hard pressed to find a plane running on anything cleaner than jet fuel. Similarly, a company trying to reduce upstream emissions from their suppliers may only have so much sway over third-party practices and investments.

In a sea of products and services, having a climate-neutral brand can help companies differentiate themselves. Many companies tout their climate friendliness to attract carbon-conscious customers. This can be done in a number of ways: by branding their entire company as carbon neutral, by branding specific products as carbon neutral, or by offering customers the option to make their product or service carbon neutral.

OUR MARKET

Who is buying? Companies and organizations in many sectors are voluntarily offsetting their emissions, with a few key industries leading the way. In 2016, the top five sectors purchased 75% of the total offsets sold to end buyers. Buyers in the energy sector category purchased the highest volumes of offsets (29%), followed by buyers in the finance/ insurance (17%), consumer goods (17%), events/entertainment (6%), and utilities (6%) sectors. ​​

KISHORE BUTANI

Founder, CARBONyatra

SIMPLE MEASURES

Start with our Contact Form page. Find out how much carbon dioxide is released by the things we do every day. Then explore the list of projects that provide Carbon Offsets for anyone who wants to be "carbon neutral".​

CARBON NEUTRAL

Choose to support businesses that are either carbon neutral, or offer carbon neutral products or services. If the businesses you are dealing with aren't yet carbon neutral, ask them to consider it.

We are active in the voluntary carbon market

The voluntary carbon market is, by definition, driven by buyers. Who buys carbon offsets and why, what activities they choose to offset, and how they select their offsets shapes the market. Most buyers purchased voluntary offsets out of a desire to demonstrate climate leadership or to meet their organization’s emissions reductions targets.

Internal initiatives are often not enough for companies and organizations to achieve their GHG reduction goals. At some point, reducing emissions becomes cost prohibitive or impractical. An individual wanting to take a flight will be hard pressed to find a plane running on anything cleaner than jet fuel. Similarly, a company trying to reduce upstream emissions from their suppliers may only have so much sway over third-party practices and investments. To bridge that gap, many opt to purchase carbon offsets. These are units of GHG emissions that are reduced, avoided, or sequestered by one entity to compensate for one tonne emitted by another. There are many different project types that can produce offsets, from renewable energy projects like installing wind turbines or solar panels.

Companies are purchasing offsets as one of many ways to fulfill their carbon reduction obligations. Those companies that do buy offsets are doing so as part of an overall carbon management strategy and they mostly use offsets to tackle emissions they can’t eliminate internally. Some companies, like Disney and Microsoft, have created an internal “price on carbon,” where the company charges itself for every tonne of carbon it produces and uses that income to purchase offsets. The idea is that incorporating carbon into the company’s bottom line will focus attention on emissions and accelerate reductions.